Engine Shutdown MEL-PER flight March 2024

[jrfsp]

Qantas flight lands in Perth after one engine shut down following 'large bang'

Passengers flying from Melbourne to Perth suffer a scare as pilots are forced to manually shut down one of the plane's engines, with one of those on board saying there was a "very, very" loud bang.

www.abc.net.au

QF A330 engine shut down

 

[jeza]

Looks like todays QF 780 MEL-PER which was scheduled to be an A330 has been cancelled.

I fly out to MEL Wednesday morning on a 737 & when I had a look at the seat map at T-80 there was no spare seats anywhere. Going to be hard to accommodate those QF780 passengers?

 

[Berlin]

Love how the morons are the SMH just HAD to use a file photo of a Boeing 787 with the word “Dreamliner” staring into your face for this article

 

[jb747]

Manually shut it down? Well, unless it totally self destructs, and shuts itself down, then just about all shutdowns are manual. And, I hate to tell the QF spokesperson how to do their job, but a single engined landing in an aircraft with only two, is an emergency landing.

 

[NM]

And, I hate to tell the QF spokesperson how to do their job, but a single engined landing in an aircraft with only two, is an emergency landing.

I would suggest this not only applies to an aircraft with only two engines, but applies to any aircraft with more than one engine. In fact, I posit that a single engined landing on an aircraft with four engines is probably a little more challenging than for a two engined aircraft. Where as a one engine out landing on a four engined aircraft is probably pretty much a non-event.

Did you make many one-engine landings on the 767 (not simulator)?

How about one-out landings on 747/A380 ops?

I was a pax in an AA 767 single-engine landing after one engine did not manage to keep the fire inside the engine during the initial climb out of MIA. Our MIA-LAX flight became a MIA-MIA with lots of flashing lights beside the runway when we landed.

 

[jb747]

I would suggest this not only applies to an aircraft with only two engines, but applies to any aircraft with more than one engine. In fact, I posit that a single engined landing on an aircraft with four engines is probably a little more challenging than for a two engined aircraft. Where as a one engine out landing on a four engined aircraft is probably pretty much a non-event.

Very good. On the other hand, a single engine out on the 747 didn't even change the approach procedures at all. We never even looked at single engine landings on the quads. I doubt that it would end well.

Did you make many one-engine landings on the 767 (not simulator)?

Two. One after an overheat warning on downwind to Brisbane (it's a fire warning but for the hot parts of the engine), and the other after running into a flock of birds on departure from Perth. The 767, especially the -200 was quite a handful on one. I think all of us had fond memories of intercepting the ILS localiser in the sim (it had a nasty habit of trying to invert itself), so it was very pleasing to find that the aircraft was much better behaved.

How about one-out landings on 747/A380 ops?

One on a -400 when I was an FO. Inlet guide vane failure. The engine actually ran quite well when producing power, but snuffed itself when asked to idle. The Captain was one of the old and bolds, and he predicted exactly what it would do (the issue started in the cruise), and was miles ahead of it.

I was a pax in an AA 767 single-engine landing after one engine did not manage to keep the fire inside the engine during the initial climb out of MIA. Our MIA-LAX flight became a MIA-MIA with lots of flashing lights beside the runway when we landed.

See, in flight entertainment.....

 

[NM]

Aviation Herald initial reporting of this incident is now posted:

The Aviation Herald

Aviation Herald - News, Incidents and Accidents in Aviation

avherald.com

This report states that a PAN PAN PAN was declared.

I expect the loud band would have been a little disconcerting for most (all?) of the passengers. All reports indicate the crew (tech and cabin) did a great job, executing their duties as trained/practiced.

 

[PERLHR]

Having also heard the audio all handled perfectly well and the Perth airport Scottish air traffic controller working the tower was a voice of extreme calm and coord with the ground operations team.

 

[mattew225]

All reports indicate the crew (tech and cabin) did a great job, executing their duties as trained/practiced.

Of great comfort - luckily these types of issues have ended well.

 

[kpro]

VH-EBA flew to SYD today as QF6118, and is currently en-route to Manilla as QF6035.

Is that a charter or does it require further repair overseas?

 

[DC3]

… the Perth airport Scottish air traffic controller working the tower was a voice of extreme calm and coord with the ground operations team.

Oh, Scottish?

 

[AIRwin]

Oh, Scottish?

From Perth?

 

[DC3]

From Perth?

Perth, Scotland. On the banks of the River Tay. Perth Airport (PSL), seven miles from Balbeggie.